The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
MINOR EWS NOTES

Inc OOu FELLOWS nall, dt Berwick
Pa, together with the opera hous,
and the st. Charles hotel, were de
stroyed by fire on the I'd, involving 8
loss OF $50, 900; partially covered by
insurance.
Policeman Michael O'Brien was sho,
and fatally wounded at Chicago, or
the Sd, 10y q tough named Timothy
Grady. whom ne was trying to arrest
Grady is under arrest.
John Stonehouse, of Escauaba
Mich, committed suicide by hanging
himself in an outbuilding. Intemper
ance is supposed to have been lht
cause OF the act.
The report that ex-Secretary Man
ming was in dangerous condition O.
health at London is denied by a dis
patch of the I'd inst. On the con
trary, his condition was much i'm
proved by the voyage.
Escanaba is experiencing real es
tate boom.
AT San Francisco, On the I'd inst.
the trotting horse Harry Wilkes bea,
his previous record by making a mile
in 2:1312.
The prosecutor n of Dillon, O'Brier
and others for completely in the Irish
"plan OF campaign" has been aban
doned.
The Supreme Court OF Montana has
decided against the law licensing drum
mers.
The birthday OF Gen. Grant vii
be celebrated by banquet al
Pittsburg On the 9th by the Ameri
Gus Club OF that city.
Sla Coquaine died at St. Paul Oh
the I'd from morphine, given him by 6
druggist in mistake for quipine.
Two brakemen were killed on the
I'd by g collision near s.. Thomas
Ont.
dispatch OF the I'd from London
reports that the roof OF a church at
Lenguaglissa, Sicily, fell during the
service on the I'd, burying 100 per
sons, forty OF whom were killed.
NJ. Antoine, recently elected to the
German Reichstag, from Alsace Lor-
aine, has been expelled from the coun.
try by the German government.
Lewis Stewart (colored) was hanged
at Lauens, S. c., on the 1st, for the
murder OF his wife.
The Pittsburg window glass work.
ers who have asked for 10 per cent
advance in wages, have decided not to
strike until another effort is made to
have the matter amicably settled.
Commissioner Sparks, OF the general
land office, has issued an order Great
ing contest board, to which all con
tested cases now pending Or hereafter
arising In the pre-emption and public
lands decisions shall bereferred for ex
animation aud decision.
In the New York courts Anna b. Fits
said to be the woman who, as Annie
f. Armstrong, was convicted OF steal
ing watch from Stock Broker Ern
est Dichman, but was let off with nc
punishment, has now sued him fol-
$4,000 damages for breach OF prom
ise OF marriage.
Judge J. Y. Eustace was stricken
with paralysis at Oregon, H., while
on the way to the court house, and
when lifted up was unable to speak.
B. +. Allen and f. NJ. Hubbard
have been arrested at Des Moines
Ia, on charge OF embezzling funds oi
the defunct Monarch Insurance Com
pany.
John G. SAKE, the poet, died at Al
bany on March 81. He was born IL
Vermont in 1916. For many years
he has been a mental and ply sica
wreck from injuries received IN a rail
way disaster.
An officer of the Salvation Army
has been borught into court at Char
lette, n. c., for endeavoring to in
duce handsome heiress to renounct
home and fortune, marry a captain
and devote herself to the army.
Buffalo Bill, with his "Wild West ,
show, sailed for London on the 31st
on the steamer City of Nebraska.
The mechanics engagedOn the Equit
able Building, New York, after strike
lasting gtwenty-four hours, returned to
work on the 31st. The strike wa:
against non-union men, and was suc
cessful.
The Illinois House has passed bill
to prohibit the killing of prairie chick
ems, quail or pheasants for a term o
five years.
| At Faribault, Mimi, on the 31st
Waldo Randall, 13 years old, was
killed by being wound round shaft
run by windmill power. His neck was
broken.
A dispatch OF the 3Oth from Nevada
Mo, says Frank James has gone to
Dennison, Tex, where he has busi
ness offer.
A fire early on the morning of the
Both in the st. Joseph's Children s
Home at Corryville, o., created q
panic among the inmates, all OF whom
were rescued, however, without injury
The loss was small.
The New York Sun says James G
Blaine is preparing for ayear OF travel
in Europe.
The Alton un) box factory was
the 3Oth. Loss $4,000; insurance
small.
The Connecticut Legislature has
passed lay prohibiting the employ
ment OF women and children in fac
tories over ten hours per day.
Los Angeles, Cal, is afflicted with
smallpox. -Four negroes have died oil
the disease.
Ex-Lieut, Gov Thomas Reynolds,
OF Missouri, vas killed on the 3Oth by
fall down the elevator shaft OF the
custom house at st. Louis. He fell
four stories. There are rumors OF sui.
eide
A Boston jury has decided that
shaving on Sunday is not a work
of charity or necessity.
The Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad
has been reorganized as the Ohio &
Northwestern, and will be made
standard gauge.
For the dire otfense o. censuriug his
son for some misdemeanor J. w. John
son, OF Shelbyville, H., was shot dead
by his dutiful offspring.
During the service in chapel at
Mention, France, a noise in the organ
loft caused a panic among the eongre-
cation, and rush was made for the
doors. In the struggle to escape from
the church many persons were in
jured.
Dora f. Bennett was found bv 8
policeman IN a grocery store at Cleve-
cI OIL n hccy, a h.